Vol 8 Prologue (2/2)

It was unease, sadness and yearning

The girl was yearning for her That hat Jeanne intuited

Immediately, Jeanne's fear subsided, because she understood that despite being apower,child

Halting her footsteps, Jeanne waited for the girl to approach

Using her silver hair as wires, the girl destroyed everything in her path while advancing

Despite getting hit by flying debris, Jeanne did not evade

She had seen many examples of such children before

Lost and helpless children, whose parents had died in battlefields

Jeanne herself─was one of them

The e were of such backgrounds

Seeing that Jeanne had stoppedand showed surprise on her face

”It's okay I won't run anymore”

As Jeanne looked her in the eye and told her, the girl broke into a desperate run

With silver hair fluttering, the light sound of footsteps, the girl rushed at Jeanne─and hugged her

Then she began to cry again, loud enough to echo in the surroundings, clutching Jeanne's clothing tightly

Seeing the girl's flowing tears, Jeanne was convinced

This child was─human

”She is not a dragon Like us, she is—Human”

At the house where Mononobe Mitsuki used to live with her original family, in the second-floor bedroom

Thusher encounter with the girl

In front of Jeanne, surprised expressions surfaced on the faces of two girls

Kili Surtr Muspelheihwalker

Jeanne had heard fro to be put down as a dragon

But after actually irl, Jeanne had coons, Kraken Zas not a monster impossible to communicate with

”Hu that, Jeanne-cha─No, but weren't you captured by that thing? I nearly got killed, going all-out to rescue you”

Kili remarked with displeasure She almost used Jeanne's real name but Jeanne usually called herself ”John” under a uise

Jeanne was extreht Despite finding it a nuisance, Kili reluctantly accommodated

”Captured? No, that wasn't what happened─I'm certain that”

Jeanne felt her own body In surprise, she sed the remainder of her sentence

”What happened? Could you share in greater detail?”

Seeing Jeanne's puzzled look, Lisa asked in a serious voice

Placing her hand on her own chest, Jeanne answered in a perplexed voice

”I'm supposed to be dead─It hen I tried to protect her”